Pierre Fix-Masseau Auction Prices and Value Guide
Pierre Fix-Masseau auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 719 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Pierre Fix-Masseau auction prices: quick answer
Pierre Fix-Masseau auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Pierre Fix-Masseau
- Source records
- 719
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Pierre Fix-Masseau market snapshot
Pierre Fix-Masseau shows solid auction liquidity with 138 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-14.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (57.4% · 35 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (36.1% · 22 sales)
- $10,000+ (6.6% · 4 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $3,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 5
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-14
Artist context
About Pierre Fix-Masseau
Pierre Fix-Masseau (1905–1994) was a French lithographer, commercial artist, and painter best known for a prolific career in poster design that spanned more than five decades. Born and based in Paris, he produced advertising posters for a wide range of clients—including automotive brands such as Bugatti, tobacco products like Gitanes Caporal, railway companies, beverages, and tourism campaigns. His collected poster output was published in the monograph Affiches 1928–1983. The Museum of Modern Art in New York holds examples of his work. Fix-Masseau operated within the rich tradition of French commercial graphic art, contributing to the visual culture of mid-twentieth-century advertising and public communication.
LithographyCommercial art and poster designPaintingAdvertising posters (affiches)Travel and railway postersProduct and brand advertising
Common works and media
Original stone-lithograph and offset-lithograph advertising posters are the most commonly encountered format. Typical subjects include automobile and luxury-goods advertising (Bugatti, Bally), tobacco and beverage brands (Gitanes, Canada Dry), railway and travel promotions (Chemin de fer du Nord, tourism posters for destinations such as Château d'If and Ceylan), and public-safety campaigns (La Prévention routière). He also produced book illustrations and commercial graphic design beyond poster formats.
Market and appraisal context
Pierre Fix-Masseau's auction market is well-established and poster-centric, with 142 lots tracked by Appraisily across specialist and general auction houses since 2002. Of those, 61 carry realized prices ranging from $50 to $16,250 USD, with a median of $550 and a 75th percentile of $3,500. The market shows a pronounced value split between pre-war stone-lithograph designs and later works: his iconic 1932 "Exactitude" poster for Bugatti realized $16,250 at Swann Auction Galleries (Oct 2024), while his 1990 "Synergie" lithograph fetched $150 at Quinn's. Liquidity is moderate but steady, with 7 lots appearing in the trailing 12 months and 9 in the prior period. The market is concentrated at specialist poster houses—Poster Auctions International, Swann Auction Galleries, and The Ross Art Group account for the majority of volume—though Christie's and Artcurial also appear, confirming crossover visibility into broader prints-and-multiples sales. Collectors primarily encounter original lithographic advertising posters for automotive brands (Bugatti), tobacco (Gitanes), railways (Chemin de fer du Nord), electronics (Philips), and travel destinations. Hand-signed examples from his late career circulate regularly at Ross Art Group.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Vintage Posters
- Lithography
- Commercial Art & Poster Design
- Prints & Multiples
- Advertising Ephemera
Value drivers
- [object Object]
Appraisal caveats
- The auction market for Fix-Masseau is centered on original printed posters rather than unique fine-art works
- Attribution should be verified against his published monograph Affiches 1928–1983 and library catalogue records
- No published catalogue raisonné of his full graphic output was identified in the available sources
- The auction market for Fix-Masseau is centered on original printed posters rather than unique fine-art works; paintings and original artwork by him are rarely encountered at auction and may not follow poster pricing patterns.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
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